Tuesday, November 10, 2009

"In bedroom or political salon, Lynne Connolly includes uncommon details of the period to great effect, forwarding her plot while intensifying the reality of this world. All of the figures of the day are here, from mad King George to Lord Castlereigh and the Duke of Wellington. The people, events and customs Connolly writes of are all regular features in Regency novels, yet she illuminates them in a singular way."